A woman will not be able to recover damages from the city of Philadelphia because the police cruiser that rear-ended her was not driven by a police officer, but instead by a handcuffed man in police custody.
A three-judge Commonwealth Court panel unanimously ruled March 4 that the plaintiff in Gale v. City of Philadelphia will not be able to recover from the city because the action does not fall within the vehicle exception to governmental immunity.
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